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  • Old classics:

    • It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
    • Citizen Kane (1941)
    • Casablanca (1942)
    • 12 Angry Men (1957)
    • Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
    • Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)

    Drama/misc:

    • Gandhi (1982)
    • Network (1976)
    • A Few Good Men (1992)
    • The Truman Show (1998)
    • Dead Poets Society (1989)
    • Pay It Forward (2000)
    • The Green Mile (1999)
    • The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
    • Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967)

    PG sci-fi/fantasy:

    • Back To The Future (trilogy, 1985+)
    • E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
    • Jumanji (1995)

    Action/etc.:

    • The Matrix (1999)
    • The Terminator (series, 1984+)
    • Die Hard (series, 1988+)
    • Mission: Impossible (1996)
    • Air Force One (1997)
    • Independence Day (1996)
    • Speed (1994)
    • Limitless (2011)

    Generally romance-centered (other than Casablanca):

    • Titanic (1997)
    • Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
    • The Notebook (2004)
    • Ghost (1990)

    Comedies:

    • Duck Soup (1933)
    • The Great Dictator (1940)
    • Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
    • Office Space (1999)


  • Thank you for explaining, and I agree.

    For general reference, here are some books I’ve enjoyed that touch upon improving democracy:

    • Getting Free: Creating An Association Of Democratic Autonomous Neighborhoods (James Herod)
    • Turning To One Another: Simple Conversations To Restore Hope To The Future (Margaret J. Wheatley)
    • The Great Turning: From Empire To Earth Community (David C. Korten)
    • Beyond Outrage: What Has Gone Wrong With Our Economy And Our Democracy, And How To Fix It (Robert B. Reich)




  • An issue with this is that they are documenting people in their worst moments (violence, fights, rape, abuse, drugs, accidents, etc.). What happens to that footage? Are all cops allowed to freely access it / share it between them? What if the footage gets hacked/leaks, and people all over the world can leer/laugh at people in their most vulnerable moments, or find them in real life and harass them?

    Additionally, could police use out-of-context footage to sway public opinion on people (for example, only getting to a scene where a person was being hounded and attacked by people and then defended themselves, and so in the footage you only see that person being violent) (edit:) or in a protest where people become violent/confrontational only after police instigation


  • Pretty generic, but the territoriality drives me mad.

    We have an “open house” policy where stray cats can come and eat as they please. But whenever we adopt one of them they would almost without fail become territorial and chase/attack other cats that come to eat. Like, “bitch you were just in their predicament, have some empathy! You see us actively giving them food, they are not intruders stealing food”

    Another thing is some cats’ refusal to get into a carrier/trap to go to a vet. “You’re obviously suffering and we want to help you, just get into the damn carrier already”



  • I’m not from there but I’ll say that The US doesn’t intervene overseas in order “to spread democracy” or “to protect the world from the evils of communism” but to protect its economic interests, to increase the profits of capitalists through industries such as weapons and oil, and to make sure that no socialism occurs that threatens the stranglehold of capitalism.

    Some books to check:

    • Major General Smedley D. Butler - War Is A Racket
    • Tim Weiner - Legacy Of Ashes: The History Of The CIA
    • William Blum - Killing Hope: US Military And CIA Interventions Since World War II
    • Noam Chomsky - What Uncle Sam Really Wants

  • The issue is when it is done publicly, it is almost always done in bad faith to try and shame/put someone down and dismiss everything they said due to a mistake. If you want to teach someone you should send them a private message. Don’t put them on blast in front of everyone. It shows a lack of empathy and depicts you as someone who wants to appear superior/better than them. Of course, there are ways to do it publicly but courteously, for example something like “just fyi, it’s they’re not their :) but anyway, I do agree with what you’re saying [or] it was interesting to read your take on this”